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Top Traceable Alternative: Escape vs Traceable API Security (2025)

Learn why Escape’s agentless discovery and developer-friendly testing make it a top Traceable alternative.

Top Qualys DAST Alternative: Escape vs Qualys (2025 Comparison)

Looking for a Qualys alternative? In this article, we compare Escape with Qualys to help you choose the right security testing solution

Application Security

Application Security Podcasts to know

Discover Application Security podcasts you should listen to in 2024

Application Security

Invicti DAST (formerly Netsparker) vs Escape DAST: 2026 Comparison

Explore why modern teams prefer Escape DAST over Invicti (formerly Netsparker DAST), weigh the advantages and disadvantages of both,and determine the best fit for you.

Application Security

The Schedule is Live: The Elephant in AppSec Conference

The Elephant in AppSec Conference agenda is live! It’s packed with sessions that dive into what’s broken in AppSec, how to fix it, and unique insights from top experts on the latest AppSec tooling. Prepare for bold opinions and fresh perspectives, where the best in Application Security come

API Security

Forrester's CISO Budget Planning Guide for 2025: Prioritize API Security

As we head into 2025, planning a robust security budget is more critical than ever. According to Forrester's latest Budget Planning Guide for Security and Risk Leaders, one element stands out as indispensable: API security. APIs form the backbone of modern digital interactions, connecting services, platforms, and users.

Compliance

How API Security Fits into DORA Compliance: Everything You Need to Know

With over 22,000 financial institutions and IT service providers now affected, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) represents an important shift in cybersecurity for the EU’s financial sector. DORA forces tighter collaboration between regulators, financial institutions, and third-party vendors. It’s not just about protecting internal systems anymore

API Security

Escape vs Rapid7 InsightAppSec: The Best Rapid7 Alternative For Modern DAST

Explore how Escape DAST serves as the best alternative to Rapid7, offering advanced vulnerability detection for web applications and APIs, support for complex authentication and seamless integration into modern development workflows.

API Security

Escape vs Noname Security (Akamai): Complete 2025 Comparison

Discover how Escape helps implementing API Security faster and with lower overhead than traffic-based solutions like Noname Security.

API Discovery

How Escape’s agentless API discovery technology works

Discover what makes Escape's agentless API discovery technology truly innovative.

API Security

Reinventing API security: Why Escape is better than traditional DAST tools

We have been doing API Security wrong. Discover how the limitations of DAST API security tools might impact your security and why Escape's technology is the best way to protect your APIs.

API Security

Reinventing API security: Why Escape is better than traditional traffic-based tools

We have been doing API Security wrong. Discover how the limitations of traffic-based API security tools might impact your security and why Escape's agentless technology is the best way to protect your APIs.

API Security

The State of GraphQL Security 2024

Insights from 13,000 GraphQL API issues: Read our deep dive into the current state of GraphQL security.

API Security

Limitations of current automatic specification generation tools

Have you ever wondered how automatic specification generation can streamline API security scanning? By significantly reducing the manual effort involved in creating and maintaining API specifications, automated tools offer clear benefits in terms of scan accuracy and setup time. Yet, many existing tools on the market have notable limitations. Understanding

Webinar recap

Webinar recap: How to build relationships with developers?

Join our guest expert, Dustin Lehr, to learn how to earn developers' respect, introduce gamification, and get issues fixed in a security context.

Application Security

How to secure non-human identities? with Andrew Wilder and Amir Shaked

This blog is based on our conversation with Andrew Wilder, Retained Chief Security Officer at Community Veterinary Partners and Amir Shaked, VP of R&D at Oasis Security. It covers the unique challenges of securing non-human identities.

Application Security

The Elephant in AppSec Conference is here!

Get ready for some opinionated talks.

Application Security

Software Supply Chain Risks ⎪Cassie Crossley (VP Supply Chain Security, Schneider Electric)

This blog is based on our conversation with Cassie Crossley, Vice President of Supply Chain Security at Schneider Electric. It covers the unique challenges of software supply chain security.

Webinar

Webinar: How to build relationships with developers

Are you a security leader struggling to connect meaningfully with your developers? Join our guest expert, Dustin Lehr, to learn how to earn developers' respect, introduce gamification, and get issues fixed.

Podcast

Security challenges in the financial sector⎪Max Imbiel (CISO, Bitpanda)

This blog is based on the podcast episode with Max Imbiel, CISO at Bitpanda. It covers the unique challenges of building secure financial applications.

API Security

DAST is dead, why Business Logic Security Testing takes center stage

“DAST is dead” - that’s the phrase that appears every year on social media and in cybersecurity newsletters. But what if in 2024, it finally came true? DAST, Dynamic Application Security Testing (even though we see a new terminology “Dynamic API Security Testing” popping up here and there within

API Inventory

API Inventory: New features and improvements

With our updates to API discovery and inventory, you gain even more capabilities to easily achieve complete governance.

Custom Security Tests

Are custom security tests a product security superpower? ⎜Keshav Malik (LinkedIn)

Welcome to the Elephant in AppSec, the podcast to explore, challenge, and boldly face the AppSec Elephants in the room. In this article, we'll cover the main takeaways from our conversation with Keshav Malik, a senior Product Security Engineer at LinkedIn. Our goal is to help you understand

Application Security

How to secure cloud-native applications

This article is based on the Elephant in AppSec podcast episode with Mihir Shah, a Senior Staff Application Security Engineer at ForgeRock, and the author of the Cloud Native Software Security Handbook.

API Discovery

The challenges and opportunities of API governance in 2024

Learn more about the concept of API sprawl, its implications, and the challenges and importance of API governance.